Everyone strives for happiness, but sometimes it remains out of reach. External circumstances that seem insurmountable keep getting in the way.
Julian, the central character of Gunel’s novel, is young, healthy, and attractive, yet deeply dissatisfied with his life despite the lack of objective obstacles to happiness. While in Bali, he ends up in an isolated village in the tropics and meets an old healer named Santiyang, about whom legends are told on the island.
The old man heals the soul, not the body, and knows the truth that can change how we perceive the world: what we believe becomes our reality and shapes our life.